Sticky Tape --- "a silly poem"

Sticky Tape
I took out the tape
To seal up the box
But when I pulled on the roll
It suddenly stuck to my watch!

I tried to neatly unstick it
But it got even worse
This increasingly chewy, unruly, mass of gunk
Was now sticking to my purse

I tried to pull it off
But it clung on tight
"One more pull" I muttered bravely
And yanked it with all my might

Oh, it got away
Taking half the fabric, in its wake
The sticky parts were now spotted red
And it was all matted, twisted, and caked

Parts wound around other parts
Big globs and skinny strands
This lurking mass stuck to whatever it neared
Including now, my hands

"Now I'm really mad," I thought
And (unlike me) began to shout
"You stupid piece of tape!
Why didn't you just slide right out?!"

I decided to be a warrior
And win this ugly war
I prepared myself for battle
And was sure I would endure

By the time it was all over
I lay exhausted and weak
I was enveloped in the sticky stuff
From my head to my feet

The moral of the story
Is now easy to see
The gift I thought I was sending
Turned out to be me!